The location, ambiance and friendliness of the staff. A wonderful experience.

Norma,
United Kingdom

Lovely hotel with very good and attentive staff. Food was excellent. We will return.

David,
United Kingdom

Just excellent. Comfortable, cozy with friendly staff and wonderful food.
Why bother with the chains when you can have exclusive for not a lot more.

Allen,
United Kingdom

I liked everything about it it was a very beautiful place lovely old building used peer Rectory setting miles of countryside easy accessible even in the dark
The staff were very friendly and helpful the cooking was excellent you got a great choice of breakfast
Normally it's very expensive to stay here but if you get the chance it's worth a go on a bargain break

Rebekah,
Greece

Great selection excellent local produce good for veggies too

Alex,
United Kingdom

This was a great hotel. We made a last minute booking and were extremely pleased with what we got.

Penny,
United Kingdom

Comfortable bed, room very nice. Breakfasts were excellent. Garden is beautiful. Hotel is very dog friendly.

On the Shropshire and Welsh border hills, this peaceful country house sits in delightful English countryside, and has held 2 AA Rosettes for food quality for over 10 years.

Set in 5 acres of grounds, with no passing traffic, Pen-Y-Dyffryn County Hotel is a silver-stone former rectory. It successfully mixes gentle hospitality with high standards of service and accommodation, for a great “away from it all” feeling.

Pen-y-Dyffryn offers an extensive range of massage and spa treatments. It has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence, it was chosen as 'Country Hotel of the Year' by The Good Hotel Guide, and 'Rural Retreat of the Year' by The Which Hotel Guide. It has also been nominated as Johansen’s 'Best Value Hotel'.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.2 for a two-person trip.

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Pen-Y-Dyffryn Country Hotel has been welcoming Booking.com guests since 30 Sept 2009.

A lovely big room with a south facing outlook over the garden and hills beyond. It is equipped with a king-size draped bed and a Japanese spa bath with double spa bath. Complimentary Welsh high tea and cake on arrival and full Shropshire breakfast are also included. Mineral water in room.

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There is a real "away from it all" feeling at this converted Georgian rectory in the beautiful border hills. Owned by Miles and Audrey Hunter for 25 years - great food, long country walks on the doorstep and friendly local staff

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6.7
“Location excellent, breakfast very good. Owner conversation at breakfast very customer friendly and appreciated. Would like to stay again in the near future but have reservations.”

Mike
United Kingdom

8.3
“Great location, our room was excellent with a huge bed. Very attentive staff, overall a really good hotel made even better by fabulous weather, oh and the bar serves Peroni on draught! Marvellous.”

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What guests loved the most:

“The location, ambiance and friendliness of the staff. A wonderful experience.”

Norma
United Kingdom

“Lovely hotel with very good and attentive staff. Food was excellent. We will return.”

David
United Kingdom

“Just excellent. Comfortable, cozy with friendly staff and wonderful food.
Why bother with the chains when you can have exclusive for not a lot more.”

Allen
United Kingdom

“I liked everything about it it was a very beautiful place lovely old building used peer Rectory setting miles of countryside easy accessible even in the dark
The staff were very friendly and helpful the cooking was excellent you got a great choice of breakfast
Normally it's very expensive to stay here but if you get the chance it's worth a go on a bargain break”

Rebekah
Greece

“Great selection excellent local produce good for veggies too”

Alex
United Kingdom

“This was a great hotel. We made a last minute booking and were extremely pleased with what we got.”

Penny
United Kingdom

“Comfortable bed, room very nice. Breakfasts were excellent. Garden is beautiful. Hotel is very dog friendly.”

Anonymous

눇Lovely clean, quiet, comfortable, well equipped room, with fantastic views of the Welsh Hills.
Friendly helpful staff, easy parking outside the front door.
Probably one of the best breakfasts we have had at a hotel recently, with good quality ingredients and well presented.
As our daughter lives nearby so we will be returning again!
Thank you.

Rebekah

눉The only thing I didn't enjoy about it what a fact that they turn the heating off in the night good night we stayed there it snowed and my physical condition doesn't allow for getting cold it causes me real problems the average age of the clientele is well over retirement age and they should think about this especially as most of these people played a huge amount to stay here it's not fair that the clientele had to change to suit the needs of the hotel rather than the other way round
At over£100 a night you shouldn't have to rough it
If your budgeting the food was extremely good but it's very expensive they do a five course meal for £42 pp with a rebait of £8 for every course not eaten but still charged £18 per course eaten if you don't have the whole thing

눇I liked everything about it it was a very beautiful place lovely old building used peer Rectory setting miles of countryside easy accessible even in the dark
The staff were very friendly and helpful the cooking was excellent you got a great choice of breakfast
Normally it's very expensive to stay here but if you get the chance it's worth a go on a bargain break

Michael

눉Menu changes every night which is good but our second night menu was poor so we chose the Fillet Steak which is always available as an alternative. This was served with Ox Cheek - not very nice.
The hotel is in the middle of nowhere with mainly single track roads & finding an alternative restaurant in the area is not easy at night. Satnav is a must. Found out that phoning the hotel directly would have been significantly cheaper - sorry Booking.com.

눇Comfortable bed, room very nice. Breakfasts were excellent. Garden is beautiful. Hotel is very dog friendly.

Anonymous

눇A charming hotel located in beautiful rolling Shropshire countryside. Comfortable bed in a tastefully decorated bedroom, with all mod-cons. A warm and welcoming refuge from some very wild and windy weather at the time. Superb food in the top class restaurant, plenty of choice on the set menu. First class service at all times from the staff and an excellent breakfast. Could not be bettered.